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Did Israel's judicial system cover up sex scandal?

The sexual harassment investigation into Judge Yitzak Cohen is the result of a transparency revolution in Israel empowered by social media.
Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (C) talks to reporters in the lobby of the United Nations after her meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (unseen) in New York, July 29, 2013. Livni is enroute to Washington for peace talks with the Palestinians.  REUTERS/Carlo Allegri  (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX123XS
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In the summer of 2006, two senior police officers rushed to Guatemala to convince "H" to return to Israel and testify against former Justice Minister Haim Ramon. H was a female officer in the office of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and Ramon was suspected of having kissed her against her will several weeks earlier. Initially, H did not want to submit a police complaint, but heavy pressure was exerted on her by, among others, Lt.-Cmdr. Miri Golan, who served at the time as head of the police department’s National Fraud Squad.

The police and state attorney turned Ramon’s kiss into the serious offense of sexual harassment. No one denied that Ramon’s behavior was problematic, but equally troubling were the efforts and resources invested in pressuring H to complain to the police and then testify against the high-level minister. At the time, Ramon was attempting to implement structural changes in the Justice Department. He was eventually convicted of harassment, and to this day, Ramon blames the state attorney and police, claiming that they had ulterior motives to discredit him.

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